The following exercise was proposed:
Take the following list, culled from a critique of Ken Wilber’s work by philosopher William Irwin Thompson, Coming Into Being and write the opposites.
simplistic
how to fix
compulsive mappings
textbook categorizations
control the universe through mapping
dominant masculinist purposefulness
shift power from the described to the describer
psychic inflation and self-magnification
a grand pyramid with the advocate on top
lacking poetic insights
lacking a feeling for the concrete
lacking embodiment of an aesthetic
My response:
simplistic —> complex
how to fix —> how to engage
compulsive mappings —> flexible relations
textbook categorizations —> situational phenomenologies
control the universe through mapping —> participate in the universe through walking its territory
dominant masculinist purposefulness —> creatively shifting between feminine/masculine
shift power from the described to the describer —> described and describer abdicate power to each other
psychic inflation and self-magnification —> psychic robustness and continuous self-recontextualization
a grand pyramid with the advocate on top —> a complex web with the advocate teleporting between nodes
lacking poetic insights —> poetry as rhythmic healing
lacking a feeling for the concrete —> able to connect without abstraction through action
lacking embodiment of an aesthetic —> able to create and shift between evolving aesthetics
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